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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PAGE 9A
Social
Harrison and Brock birth
announcements listed
Congratulations to Trent
and Nicole Campbell on the
birth of their son Lucas Har
rison Campbell. He weighed
91b 4oz and was 21 inches
long. He was born at NEGA
Medical Center in Braselton.
He joins a proud big brother
Landon Nicholas Campbell,
3 A. He is the grandson
of Ricky and Elaine Craven,
Charles and Theresa Camp
bell and Linda Arrowood
and great-grandmother Jea
nette Craven all of Alto.
Congratulations to Tabitha
Grier and Blake Brock on the
birth of their son Dawson
Van Brock who was born
August 5 and weighed 71b
6oz and was 21 inches long.
He is the grandson of Pat-
tie and Gary Stewart, Gary
Grier, Paul Brock, Michael
and Heather Hinton. His
great-grandparents are Alice
and Dan Whitener, Tommy
and Margaret Perdue, Joan
and Joel Pritchard, Nan-
cie Capps, Dennis Norton,
Lynette Reed and the late
great-grandparents Van
Grier, William Mar
tin, and Bobby and
June Brock.
I enjoyed going
to Athens on Sat
urday to visit with
Coach G. Richard
Hoard and being at
Barnes and Noble
for his book sign
ing. His new book
is “The Missing
Boys.” He has writ
ten four books. 1 have read
three of them and they are
great. He was a teacher in
Banks County 1978 and 79,1
think, were the years.
Silver Shoals Baptist
Church will hold their Fall
Revival on Sunday, Aug 13.,
at 6 p.m. and Monday, Aug.
14, thru Wed., Aug. 16, at
7 p.m. The special guest
speaker will be Rev. Dwayne
Ryals and special singing
will be held nightly. Every
one is invited. The pastor is
Dr. Kenneth Barrett.
The community and fam
ily was saddened to hear
of the passing of William
Sims. He passed on
July 23 and was laid
to rest in Munich,
the same church
he was married in
to his wife Inge. He
leaves his daugh
ters, sister Barbara
Turpin of Homer
and brother J.B.
Sims of Gainesville
and a host of other
family and friends
in the area. Remember his
family in your prayers.
Happy Birthday Betty
Parson, Kenley Banks,
Kim Crane, Charles Chap
man, Colby Tucker, Tommy
Herbert, Brittany Wilson
Hewell, Debra Hixenbaugh,
Eli Sanders, Haley Graves,
Alisha Roberts, Shawn
Hill, Leigh Griffin, Cathy
Bearden, Lori Hope, Jamie
Hope, Chris Davidson, Jen
nifer Meacacke, Debbie
Blackwell, Jerry Loftice,
Angie Martin, and Sonya
Campbell.
Happy Anniversary; Trent
and Nicole Campbell.
Those who are sick
in our community and
need prayers are, Cassie
Bolton and baby girl, Billy
Sanders, Libby Tanner,
Alex Strickland, Freddie
Reems, Ricki Blackwell,
Jacqueline Wilson, Steve
Whitehead, Onessia Free,
Pat Farmer, Dylan Jack-
son, David Bonds, Joe
Brock, Brian Mathis, Kerry
Stephens, Tonya McClure,
Jimmy Hope, Jamie Hope,
Kenneth Hopper, Bar
bara Jones, Bria Rylee,
Frank Jarrell, Lynda Get-
tier, Zemirah Deleria,
Ken Ashley, Dan Boling,
Carolyn Standridge, Kim
Crane, Toney Massey Billy
Massey, Chester Hewell,
Edith Goodson, and Ken
neth and Betty Parson.
Willene Boyle compiles
community news from
Banks County and Com
merce.To get an item list
ed, email it to her at wil
lene. boy le@windstream.
net or call her at 706-677-
4200.
Willene
Boyle
Historical society to present
mock trial, 'Death at Damascus'
The Banks County Histori
cal Society will be presenting
its 2017 Mock Trial, “Death
at Damascus” on Saturday,
September 2. It will be held
in the historic courthouse in
downtown Homer.
“Death at Damascus” is
based on a crime which took
place in Banks County, Geor
gia. Those attending will be
seated in the second floor
courtroom in the historic
courthouse. This is the very
same courtroom where the
actual trial was held over 120
years ago.
Some individuals’ names
have been changed for pri
vacy concerns. However,
the content of “Death at
Damascus” is based on the
few records which exist and
were obtainable. Literary
freedoms have been taken
to provide the audience with
a more complete and enter
taining interpretation.
There will be performanc
es at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Ticket
prices will be $5 per adult
and $1 for under age 13 with
an accompanying adult.
Those under age 5 are admit
ted free with an adult.
Tickets are cash-only and
will be available at the soci
ety’s table during the annual
Holiday Festival in Homer on
Saturday, September 2. All
proceeds will be allocated
for use by the Banks County
Courthouse Museum.
For details visit the Banks
County Historical Society
website, see their social
media pages, or call the
society at 678-971-9390. For
additional information you
can email MockTrial2017@
BanksCountyHistoricalSoci-
ety.org.
FUN TIMES AT LIBRARY
PROGRAM
Shelby McIntyre (back) and Zuleydi Walker Brody
Stafford (front) were volunteers for the end-of-sum-
mer program offered by the Banks County Public
Library. They are shown with Juggler Todd Key.
Back to school
ministry planned
SOLAR ECLIPSE SCIENCE
Dr. Maurice Snook presented a recent program
for the Banks County Public Library on solar
eclipse science.
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SHOEBOX VIEWERS
Participants in the Banks County Public Library
summer reading program made viewers out of
shoeboxes after Dr. Maurice Snook presented a
program on solar eclipse science.
Farm Bureau hay contest planned
Georgia Farm Bureau is
conducting its annual Ber
muda Grass Hay Contest
and will publish an online
GFB Quality Hay Directory
for buyers and sellers of
Georgia grown hay.
The contest is open
to Georgia Farm Bureau
members who produce
dry Bermuda hay (all
types/varieties) on their
farm. The contest is
designed to encourage
farmers to produce better
quality hay and the online
directory continues to be
an important marketing
tool for our producers and
an excellent resource for
consumers of quality hay.
The deadline for sub
mitting an application for
the GFB Hay Contest is
October 31. The cost of
the contest is $20 per sam
ple and if you enter the
contest you can be listed
in the hay directory for
free. The cost for listing in
the hay directory alone
is $10.
For more information
on the hay contest and/
or the hay directory,
call the Jackson County
Farm Bureau at 706-367-
8877 or stop by the office
at 2388 Hwy. 129 N Jef
ferson.
Rotary Club sponsors Food 2 Kids Program
The Banks County Rotary
Club is sponsoring the Food
2 Kids Program in the county
school system.
“School isn’t just a place
for learning,” organizers
state. “For some of our most
impoverished kids, it’s also
the only reliable source of
food in their lives. The sad
truth is that from Friday after
noon until they return to
school on Monday morning,
some of these children may
not know if or how much
they’ll get to eat.”
Food 2 Kids is a program
that helps bridge that gap
for some of the communi
ty’s neediest kids. Sacks of
kid-friendly food—enough for
at least six meals—are hand
ed out every week to children
identified by school teach
ers, counselors and officials
as being most in need. The
disposable sacks will have
approximately seven to 10
pounds of food—enough for
two days of meals. The food
is in easy-to-open packag
ing and doesn’t require any
cooking.
To donate or for more
information, contact Sallie
Hensley at 706-713-0730.
$ 5 00 0FF
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Maysville Baptist Church and the community are sponsoring
a back to school “hand-up” event on Saturday Aug. 12, at 9
a.m. - 1 p.m.
Students K-12 grade level will receive up to five sets of cloth
ing for back to school, free back to school haircut coupon,
students and family will receive one box of food for each
household, blood pressure and glucose level checks, and free
snow cones.
Information on jobs, family illness, and financial crunch will
be available.
Activities for children are planned.
Lunch will be provided.
The event will be held at 15 Homer Street, Maysville, (over
the railroad tracks in Maysville.)
For more information, call 706-652-2228.
NATIONAL
HEALTH
CENTER
WEEK
MedLink Georgia, Inc. is celebrating National Health
Center Week (Week of August 13th). All MedLink
Centers will be doing something to mark this special
week. For our area the following Centers will be hav
ing events on-site with games, giveaways and other
health information for the community.
MEDLINK WINDER
Monday, August 14 (4 p.m. - 7 p.m.) - open to public
MEDLINK COLBERT
Tuesday, August 15 (4 p.m. - 6 p.m.) - open to public
MEDLINK BANKS
Monday, August 14 (8 a.m. -10 a.m.) -
Patient Appreciation Day